Industrial park project threatening ancient city of Pasargadae

The Achaemenid city of Pasargadae, which is home to the tomb of Cyrus the Great and many other ancient sites, is being threatened by an industrial park project.

Tomb of Cyrus the Great

Despite an objection to the project raised by the Fars Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Department (FCHTHD), the Company of Fars Industrial Parks (CFIP), the owner of the project, said on Tuesday that the project would not be stopped, the Persian service of ISNA reported.

CFIP Deputy Director for Industrial Parks and Areas Regions Affairs Mohammad-Kazem Etemad said that the FCHTHD had previously agreed with construction of an industrial park in the third perimeter of Pasargadae in January 2011.

However, FCHTHD Deputy Director Abdorreza Nasiri rejected Etemad's remarks and said that CFIP has broken last year's agreement on the construction project.